Most Journalists of the Mainstream Media Are _________

question 35

Multiple Choice

Most journalists of the mainstream media are _________.

• A) more likely than not to be committed ideologues
• B) more likely to care about politics than the issues
• C) more likely than not to be Republicans, or leaning toward being Republican
• D) more likely than not to be white lower-class males

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Definitions:

Concurrent Validity

The construct validity of a measure is assessed by examining whether groups of people differ on the measure in expected ways.

Face Validity

Refers to the extent to which a test appears to measure what it claims to measure, based on superficial judgment.

Convergent Validity

A type of validity that assesses whether measures that should be related, based on the study hypotheses, are actually related.

Discriminant Validity

The extent to which a test or measure differentiates between distinct groups or constructs, showing it is not correlating too highly with measures from different constructs.